Stitch remover



WITNESS:

Aug. 16, 1927. 1,638,899

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mvzm'on ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 16, 1927.

UNITED STATES CLAUDE F. WILBER, OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

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Application filed August 27, 1924. Serial No. 734,486. I

This invention relates to a stitch remover, the general object of the invention being to provide means for removing the Stitches from the welt of the shoe in preparation for l 5 half soling or replacing the sole, the new stitching being placed in the holes made by the needle in placing the first stitches therein.

Another object of the invention is to so form the device that it can be used on the edge trimmer.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, il-

lustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, refao erence will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is an end View of the device.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

In these views, 1 indicates the cutter part which is provided with the tangentially arranged teeth 2 which have their outer ends beveled, as shown at 3, so as to provide the cutting points 4 at the front parts of the teeth. Each tooth is provided with a curved projection 5 on its inner face. The front inner part of each tooth is undercut so that the shanks 6 which connect the cutting portions of the teeth with the body of the cutter are of small dimensions as compared with the cutting parts.

The deviceis placed on the edge trimmer and is used the same as the trimmer. cutting teeth can be sharpened the same way as the cutter on the edge trimmer is. When the device is in operation, the welt on the shoe is pushed up between the cutting teeth. The stitches are removed by the friction of the cutting teeth by causing enough heat to melt the wax on the stitches and as each tooth passes over a stitch it gives a jerk, and thus removes the stitch. When a shoe is worn, the welt turns up around the stitches 60 toa certain extent and the function of the curved projection 5 on each tooth is to reach in to the stitch and remove the same.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In a stitch remover, a cylindrical body, a plurality of teeth projecting radially over the outer surface of the body atone end 05 thereof, arranged in equal spaced relation, and extending obliquely relative to the outer surface of the body, said teeth comprising a curved face on the inner surface, and a narrow shallow part adjacent the cylindrical body, the curved part acting as a cutter, a friction wheel, and a thread puller, the shallo'w part allowing the pulled or cut threads a means of exit.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLAUDE F. WILBER.

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